Robert Obrien Poet Classicism

Be Happy

I.    CONTEMPLATION

Happy? Say... Be Happy!
Be Happy with all you may!
Forget the past, it's done at last,
Be Happy for today!

The sweetest proposition...
Begins with state of mind.
Far better to be Happy...
A choice of being kind!

Thinking of tomorrow?
For it shall come your way...
Forgetting deeds, now sowing
seeds...
with Joy along the way!

Cares may be like raindrops...
falling on the ground.
Raindrops bringing flowers...
Blooming fragrance all around.

Happy? Say... Be Happy!
Time beats on it's way...
The day will pass, it may not 
last,
Be Happy for today!

Happy just to be content,
Fulfillment of a dream...
Seeking out one's pleasures...
No appointments for a scheme!

To be Happy...Say... Be Happy!
There's treasure to be found.
To be secure and to endure...
Life's beauty all around.

Happy for Possession?
Obtain it all you can.
All for me, and you may see...
Another different man!

Be Happy for one's appetite,
Be Happy at the very site...
And just to eat... A life so sweet,
Be Happy for today!

II. CONTRADICTION

Contradiction speaks of all 
the leaks,
The highs and lows, and so it 
goes...
The ups and downs, and all 
arounds...
Happy now... at last?

The time it passes, birds still 
sing...
And all the church bells, they 
do ring...
But after all, Yes, all of this...
Be Happy now, for life is bliss..
Be Happy?

Attraction of the opposites,
He's soft he's hard,
And he's a bard!
And there is lard, and more of 
lard...
Be Happy?

He's so hot, then he is cold,
So I am told!
He's freezing cold... but he is 
bold!
He's Happy...being cold?

Go fast, go slow...
Then stop, now go!
Be Happy...
I am told!

Contradiction speaks of all the 
leaks...
And in time, you're getting old!
Be Happy...still?
Be Happy?

III.    THE CHOICE

Dissonance or harmony...
Which would you choose?
The former or the later....
now, before you lose!

Confutatis, Malidictis! 
It shall come with all the rage,
and disappointment still,
of being on the run!

Happy, as a choice could be...
An attitude, perhaps!
The attitude of gratitude,
The Joy...of being glad!

Being glad for all you had..
All better now than being sad!
Be Happy... You say?
And what about "The Self?"

To lose oneself in other things..
To be myself is not myself!
When I am all about...
Wrapped up in things beside 
myself....

That's it!!
So I'll be on my way!

April 22, 2014
Robert E. O'Brien

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Dr.Ram Mehta April 27, 2014 at 11:12 PM Congratulations on the fine win with this lovely write, robert

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Louise Holley April 22, 2014 at 5:21 PM I really did like the 3 parts of contemplation contradiction and choice. It really added dimension to the ideas of what happiness is... I guess that i'm fortunate to be able to look back and remember a time when i wasn't happy and compare the feelings and now my sense of humor holds me together lol. We all have a different opinion on what happiness is though and i found this a thought provoking poem.